Essay On Loving Vs Virginia
2. Loving v. Virginia is seen as a historic court case, but it is also one that moves people personally. Why do you think that is? How does it affect you? Does the Lovings’ fight still have relevance today?
The Loving v. Virginia case wasn’t ever just a political case. It was a social class segregation that began from early on that people made law. Jim Crow Laws and many other laws, including one denying interracial relationships, was a way of suppressing a certain group of people from living the same as everyone else. This fight was one for equality and love, and those two things have been and will forever have relevance until there is total equality for all people. They had their “happy ending” where they were able to be together without …show more content…
It was a “forbidden love” story, which many people find so romantic. If one doesn’t think that it is romantic, the idea of “forbidden love” being romantic has an internationally popular example titled “Romeo and Juliet.” Another reason why this case was very moving was because their feelings were genuine and strong towards each other, but they weren’t allowed to love and live where they wanted to. This is very similar to same-sex marriages being banned in some states. Even though the illegal same-sex marriage issue, illegal interracial relationships, transgender bathroom issue, immigrant issues, police brutality, and many other issues don’t directly affect me, it doesn’t mean that I won’t stand up against it because those issues are real and completely unfair. Debates of social inequality are relevant to today and will be for a long time, so they are affecting me and my life. If one is living somewhere and doesn’t know what is going on in the world, they will be less inclined to fight with people against unfair laws and actions. Also, no one wants to be ignorant about the world. Overall, history doesn’t exactly repeat itself twice, but it will have a similar repetition because people should’ve learned the lesson the first
The Loving v. Virginia case wasn’t ever just a political case. It was a social class segregation that began from early on that people made law. Jim Crow Laws and many other laws, including one denying interracial relationships, was a way of suppressing a certain group of people from living the same as everyone else. This fight was one for equality and love, and those two things have been and will forever have relevance until there is total equality for all people. They had their “happy ending” where they were able to be together without …show more content…
It was a “forbidden love” story, which many people find so romantic. If one doesn’t think that it is romantic, the idea of “forbidden love” being romantic has an internationally popular example titled “Romeo and Juliet.” Another reason why this case was very moving was because their feelings were genuine and strong towards each other, but they weren’t allowed to love and live where they wanted to. This is very similar to same-sex marriages being banned in some states. Even though the illegal same-sex marriage issue, illegal interracial relationships, transgender bathroom issue, immigrant issues, police brutality, and many other issues don’t directly affect me, it doesn’t mean that I won’t stand up against it because those issues are real and completely unfair. Debates of social inequality are relevant to today and will be for a long time, so they are affecting me and my life. If one is living somewhere and doesn’t know what is going on in the world, they will be less inclined to fight with people against unfair laws and actions. Also, no one wants to be ignorant about the world. Overall, history doesn’t exactly repeat itself twice, but it will have a similar repetition because people should’ve learned the lesson the first